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S. P. SCOTT. GARRIAGE CURTAIN FASTENING.

No. 409,069. v Patented Aug. 13, 1889.

FUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL P. SCOTT, OF HILLSBOROUGH, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE STAR MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIAGE-CURTAIN FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,069, dated August 13, 1889.

Application filedApril 4, 1889. Serial No. 305,918. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.- placed 011 said pin between the head and base, Be it known that I, SAMUEL P. SCOTT, of being inclosed in the enlargements of the Ilillsborough, in the county of Highland and bores therein.

State of Ohio, have invented certain new and These parts are thus far constructed and useful Improvements in Carriage Curtain arranged as described in my said patent. The

Fastenings; and I do hereby declare that the outer end of pin G, however, is formed with following isa full, clear, and exact description an enlarged'flattened head H, of such diamethereof, reference being had to the accompater that it will cover the notches D E in the nying drawings, and to the letters of referhead 0, as shown, the extremity of said head I0 once marked thereon, which form part of this being flattened, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, to specification, in whichfit neatly against the flat inner face of the Figure 1 is a side view of one of my impin-head, and on the under surface of this proved carriage-curtain fastenings; Fig. 2, a head and at points diametrically opposite vertical sectional view of the same; Fig. 3, a each other through the pin are made depend- 15 top view showing the head adjusted in dotted ing ribs g, which are small enough to enter lines. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the the notches D orE when the head is properly locking-pin head enlarged. Fig. 6 is an end turned, and allow head H to lie close against view of the head 0. the rounded surface of head 0.

This invention is a carriage-curtain-fasten- In the patent above referred to it was found 2 ing device; and it is an improvement upon in practical working of the invention that the 7o the fastener shown in my patent, No.401,720, ears on the pin were liable to be caught and of April 16, 1889. broken off by the curtain, or would tear the The improvement consists, essentially, in a latter and injure the fingers of persons trying novel construction of the 1ocking-pin,whereto button the curtain. To overcome these 5 by the locking-grooves of the adjustable head objections, the present construction of pin and the locking ears or lugs on said pin are was invented, and by making the enlarged covered and protected, and catching of the head H the ribs g g are not only prevented curtain upon the head or outer end of the pin, from catching the curtain, but are strengthas sometimes happens in the construction ened. The looks of the button are improved 3 shown in my patent above referred to, is obthereby, and, further, in the former patent 8c Viated; and this improvement will be clearly the rain and dirt could collect in the notches understood from the following description, in the head as the latter were unprotected, taken in connection with the drawings. and hence the working parts of the button A designate a base-piece having a central were liable to become clogged; but the head 35 bore a, enlarged, as at B, and having a flange H prevents entrance of rain or grit into said b surrounding the mouth of the enlarged pornotches and the life of the button is prolonged. tion of the bore. I do not claim herein, broadly, the parts C designates an adjustable head-piece, also shown and described in my aforesaid applihaving a central bore 0, enlarged at its inner cation, but only the improvements thereon,

4 end, as at (Z, and adapted to receive the flange as above set forth. b of base B when the parts are fitted together. The collar Z) is of less depth than the bore The outer face of headOis rounded, as shown, in head 0, so that the latter can be pushed and at the outer end of bore 0 are formed inward toward the base sufficiently to disenpairs of diametrically-opposite notches D E, gage its notches from the pin and permit it to 45 the opposite notches lying in lines at right be turned. The curtain is provided with orangles to each other. dinary button-holes and protectors, as indi- Gdesignatesapin passing centrally through cated in the drawings. the base and head in the bores thereof, and Having thus described my invention, what this pin is secured to the base and loosely se- 1 claim as new is 5 cures the head thereto. A coiled spring F is In a carriage-curtain fastening, the combi zoo nation of the stationary base A, the hollow head B, having a central bore and a rounded end flattened at the outer extremity of said bore and provided with diametrieally-opposite pairs of notches D and E, and the spring F, with the stationary pin G, passingthrough both base and head and havinga pair of diametrically-opposite ribs 1 g at its outer end, and an enlarged rounded head II, projecting beyond said ribs and fitting closely on the flattened end of the head and adapted to 

